The German Association Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics (BME) held their 53rd Symposium in Berlin. The largest Procurement Summit in Europe ended after three days in Berlin on November 16th. The Endowed Chair of Procurement was represented in multiple ways, Prof. Dr. Christoph Bode and Alexander Kinski gave a talk on the cooperation between Procurement and Start-ups, while Sebastian Gehrlein and Steffen Kokozinski presented their current research in a poster session.